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Adiyen would like to offer a 'recipe' and a few additional 
viewpoints on this holy subject.
 
Maavu dIpa ArAdanA: 

I am told that this ceremony is performed if the kula daivam 
is Srinivasa ( of Tirupati, Oppiliyappan Koil, GunaSeelam, etc. )
Not sure if the folks with other kula devathas follow this practice..
(Also note that purattAsi sravanam is birth star of Srinivasa )

How to do:

First Prepare the Mind...
First 'clean' the house since the brahmopAsanA begins. 
Observe 'AchAram'. 

Then prepare the lamp...
Slightly soak the rice and nearly dry it 
and make fine powder. Add enough ghee and brown sugar. 
Make the dough into a sizeable lamp. Put in a wick
and fill the center with ghee. Light the lamp at the puja room. 
Say slokas and prabandam. Wait till the light subsides. 
Then eat the lamp as prasadam and enjoy! 

Why:

Three are four major components worshipped here. 
Earlier other bhagavatAs have explained the jyoti tattvam and its 
coincidence with Tirupati brahmotsavam.
Also we should note that there are ghee, sugar and annam (mAvu) 
also in the lamp.  Hence other tattvams are also contained
in this worship.

The vedic references are given below. Note that only uncooked 
grain should be used for the dough. It is close to nature; 
also we should not make any shapes with cooked food and worship 
(with) it in auspicious occasions.


nArAyana sUktam verse 4:
nArAyoparojyotirAtma
Naraya is the only ancient jyoti

chAndogya upanishat 2.1.1
asau va Adityo devamadhu
this adityan is the madhu (amrutam) of the devAs.

chAndogya upanishat 3.13.7
atha yadata: paro divo jyotir dIpyate viSvata: prushTeshu 
sarvata: prushTeshu anUttameshuttameshu lokAshvidam vAva 
tadyadida masmin nanta: purushe jyoti 

above all these jyoti worlds ( aditya, etc. ) there is a jyoti.
It shines above all the worlds. What shines in this pursha is 
this same jyoti.

chAndogya upanishat 3.17.8
Adit-pratnasya redasa: utvayam tamasaspari jyoti: paSyanta uttaram 
sva:
pasyanta uttAram| 
devam devatra surya maganma jyoti ruttamam jyotiruttamamiti.

Let us see on all the sides this jyoti of the ancient moola purushan
who removes all darkness. Let us also see this jyoti in us. 
Let us be those who also obtained the jyoti who is also tejas 
of the devAs. Let us be those who also obtained the jyoti 
who is also the tejas of the devAs.

Br. Up. 2.1.2
evAsaditye purusha etamevAham brahmopAsa iti
I worship Him who resides as the purushan in the aditya

Br. Up. 2.5.14

ayamAtmA sarveshAm bhutAnam matvasyAtmana: 
sarvAni bhutAni madhu yascAya masmin nAtmAni tejo mayo amrutamaya:
purusho yascAya mAtmA tejomayoamrutamaya: 
purosho ayameva sayoaya mAtmeta manrutamitam brahmetagumsarvam

The universe as the body of the jagannAtha is the madhu of all jivas.
Whoever is the tejas and the jyoti of this universe is 
also the tejas and jyoti of the jivas. He is their madhu. 

taitriya upanishat 2.1.2
annAtpurusha: (sambhuta:)

Purusha (jiva) exists because of annam ( food ).

taitriya upanishat 3.2
annam brahmeti vyajanAt| annAtyeva kalvimAni bhutAni jAyante|..

He knows that annam is brahmam. Surely from food only all jivas are 
born.

Ghee: MahanArAyopanishat 12.2.2

ghrutam mimikshire grutamasya yonir ghrute Srito ghrutamuvasya dAma
anushvata mAvaha mAdapasva svAhA ghrutam vrushabavakshi havyam

Agni is born from ghee. Agni resides in ghee. Ghee is His power. 
So we shall know that ghee is brahmam( agni) and we shall perform 
this
homam after knowing this....

mahAnArAyanopanishat 37
madhusharanti tadrasam satyam vai tadrasa mApo jyoti raso amrutam 
brahmA

His happiness is filling this universe and freely flowing through it 
as the Satyam. It is jalam, jyoti, rasam( food giving earth  and 
air), 
amrutam...

Last but not least - Nrusimha pUrva tApini upanishat:

yasmAt svamahimnA sarvAn lokAn sarVan devAn sarvAnAtmana: sarvAni 
bhutAni svatejasA jwalati jwalayati jwAlyate jwAlayate|
savitA prasavitA dIpto dIpayan dIpamAna:|
jwalan jwalitA tapan vitapan santapan 
rocano rocamana: Sobana: SobamAna: kalyAna:||
tasmAducyate jwalantamiti||

Because of His self mahima and His self prakaSa 
He makes all worlds, devAs, all jIvAs, all bhUtAs shine 
and be brilliant. He makes the worlds and makes them multiply. 
He shines, and He makes everything shine.
He is brilliance and makes everything brilliant. 
He is dIpam, is in the dIpam, and causes the dIpam shine.
He spreads the heat and makes the worlds 'suffer'. He spreads 
the rays and makes the rays spread. He is managala swarUpI. 
He is the cause of all mangalams. He is the kalyAna purushan 
(having happy and auspicious qualities .)
Hence it is said that He is 'jwalantham'.  

dAsan
RTV Varadrajan





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